1. Mark Twain: How His Childhood Influenced His Novels Tyra Harper Prof Owens ENG1102

2. “The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.”- Mark Twain

3. Mark Twain was born November 30, 1835. On the day he was born Haley’s comet blazed through the midnight sky. When the comet passed out of the sky on the night of April 21, 1910, Mark Twain breathed his last breath.

5. Was influenced by what is now considered the “Hannibal Decade”

6. Tom and Huck follow the life experiences of Mark and his childhood friends

9. Very controversial and was highly censored because of the racial implications dealt with in the book

12. He received his pilots license in 1859

13. The only two places that he considered home was Hannibal and the Mississippi River

15. WORKS CITED “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:Book Review.” N.p., 17 Feb 2009.web. 10 July 2011 http://www.associatdcontent.com/article/1431057/The_adventures_of_tom_sawyer_book_review.html?cat-38 Carew-Miller, Anna and Di Gennaro, Andrea. “Mark Twain” (2003)n. web. 9 Jul 2011. Hemmingway, Earnest. The Official Website of Mark Twain, N.p. 12/30/2010. Web 1 Jul 2011 http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/quotes.htm Mailer, Norman. The Official Website of Mark Twain, N.p. 12/30/2010. Web 1 Jul 2011 http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/quotes.htm “Mark Twain” 2011. Biography.com. 9 Jul 2011 05:10 http://www.biography.com/articles/Mark-Twain-9512564 Pearson, John. Mark Twain 1835-1910. Great Neck Publishing, 2005. Print. Powers, Ron. Mark Twain A Life.Free Press. 2005. Print. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Penguin Group, 1985. Print Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. London: Penguin Group, 1986. Print. Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi . New York, NY: New America Library, 2001. Print Ward, Geoffrey, Duncan, Dayton and Burns, Ken. Mark Twain AnIllustrated Biography. First. Random House, Inc, 2011.Print.